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Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll
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Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll Hardcover - 1996

by James P. Delgado


From the publisher

In 1946, the United States began a series of nuclear tests on Bikini Atoll to determine the impact of atomic bombs. Delgado, a noted marine archaeologist with the National Park Service, visited Bikini in the late 1980s to explore and document the condition of the sunken ships. His work is more than an archaeological study; it is the history of the nuclear age. This book chronicles the development of the bomb, its deployment in Japan, the preparations for the tests, the attempted clean-up afterward, and the beginning of the Cold War.

Details

  • Title Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll
  • Author James P. Delgado
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st printing
  • Pages 204
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
  • Date 1996-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780824818647 / 0824818644
  • Weight 1.59 lbs (0.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.52 x 8.26 x 0.73 in (24.18 x 20.98 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96022635
  • Dewey Decimal Code 996.83